Shelfbreak Upwelling in the Western Beaufort Sea, Zooplankton Morphometrics data for August 2018

• Main Authors: Robert G Campbell, Carin Ashjian
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2022
• Subjects: Copepods; Euphausiids; Size; Carbon content; Nitrogen conten; Calanus glacialis/marshallae; Calanus hyperboreus; Thysanoessa inermis; Thysanoessa raschii; Lowe; Beaufort Sea; Beluga; Beluga*; Calanus glacialis
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/urn:uuid:dbfe426c-fc21-46de-a4e1-410c3e644ec1

Atmospherically-forced wind-induced upwelling along the shelf break leads to enhanced feeding opportunities for intermediate links in the pelagic ecosystem that in turn sustain the exploitation of this environment by animals such as beluga, seabirds, and seals. The Beaufort Sea shelf break is a hots...